- Date
- January 11, 1984, 14:37 local (22:37 UTC)
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N50BGRockwell 114
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840111022889A
- Case key
- 24140
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Flight controls - improper use ofCause
Terrain condition - softFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Complete gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear attachment - overloadFactor
Landing gear,nose gear - overloadFactor
Analysis
The acft veered off the rwy in a strong gusty crosswind. As the acft left the rwy the landing gear collapsed. The plt stated that she over-corrected having never attempted a takeoff in wind that strong.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50BG
- Reported as
- Rockwell 114
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14184
- Airframe hours
- 972
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-T4B5D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William Halopoff
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 24, 1983 · 164 hours before
- Departed
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
- Destination
- LGB · Long Beach, CA
- Airport
- LAS · Mccarran International, runway 1L, 5,001 × 75 ft, asphalt
N50BGRegistered now · Rockwell International 114Airframe modelRockwell International 114Engine modelLycoming IO-540-T4B5
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 315 total · 242 in this make and model · 200 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 16 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.